Author: Monica Felton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Statesmen
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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Conversations with a well known figure in Indian public life.

Author: Rajmohan Gandhi
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 9385890336
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 530

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The definitive biography of free India's first Head of State Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (1878-1972), popularly called C.R. or Rajaji, is usually remembered as free India's Governor-General, or the first Indian Head of State. At one time considered Gandhi's heir, this brilliant lawyer from Salem was regarded in pre-independence years as one of the top five leaders of the Congress along with Nehru, Prasad, Patel and Azad. This biography written by Rajaji's grandson, the noted historian and biographer Rajmohan Gandhi, highlights Rajaji's role in the events preceding Partition. A statesman and conciliator of conflicts between stalwarts, he was perhaps the sole Congress leader in the forties to admit to the likelihood of Partition. He prophesied even then that Pakistan might break up in twenty-five years! Later, C.R. became a strident critic of Nehru and the Congress. As a founder of the Swatantra party in the fifties, he attacked the 'permit-license Raj' fearing its potential for corruption and stagnation, even while the tide was in favour of Nehru's socialistic pattern. Meticulously researched, using C.R.'s private papers, his contemporaries' archives, extensive interviews with eyewitnesses and contemporary accounts and newspapers, this intensely personal, yet objective account gives us an unparalleled portrait of one of the outstanding Indians of this century.

Author: Monica Felton
Publisher: Katha
ISBN: 9788187649908
Category : Nationalists
Languages : en
Pages : 252

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A scintillating biography of C Rajagopalachari statesman, shrewd politician and a good father.

Author: Ashu Pasricha
Publisher: Concept Publishing Company
ISBN: 9788180694950
Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 148

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In Indian context.

Author: R K Murthi
Publisher: Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
ISBN: 8123024703
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 337

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The object of the series is to record for the present and future generations, the story of the struggle and achievements of the eminent sons and daughters of India, who have been mainly instrumental in our national renaissance and the attainment of independence. The book gives a deep insight into the life and mission of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, the emperor among patriots.

Author: Shrish Chandra Prasad , Rajeev Sinha
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 1685866522
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 217

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Chakravarty Rajagopalachari or Rajaji was a great freedom fighter, thinker, writer, administrator, politician, statesman and patriot. This book is about his political thoughts on ‘dharma’, religion, political parties, democracy, socialism, nationalism, internationalism and many other aspects of life. It is also about various influences on Rajaji, which led to the foundation of his thoughts. Rajaji believed that there was no such thing as resting on one’s oars, as we have a duty to perform, as best as we can, to make our nation a better place to live in. The story of several milestones in his life, his contributions in different walks of life, as well as the relevance of his ideologies in present times, have also been covered in this book to make it interesting and informative reading.

Author: Masti Venkatesa Iyengar
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Statesmen
Languages : en
Pages : 472

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Biography of Chakravarti Rajagopalachar, 1878-1972, Indian statesman.

Author: Akshaya Mukul
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
ISBN: 9354925707
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 680

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"An outstanding literary biography" AMITAV GHOSH "Mukul writes beautifully, and brings to life a man who has often been misunderstood" BENJAMIN MOSER "This book is a remarkable contribution to the world of Indian letters: ANNIE ZAIDI Sachchidanand Hirananda Vatsyayan 'Agyeya' is unarguably one of the most remarkable figures of Indian literature. From his revolutionary youth to acquiring the mantle of a (highly controversial) patron saint of Hindi literature, Agyeya's turbulent life also tells a history of the Hindi literary world and of a new nation-spanning as it does two world wars, Independence and Partition, and the building and fraying of the Nehruvian state. Akshaya Mukul's comprehensive and unflinching biography is a journey into Agyeya's public, private and secret lives. Based on never-seen-before archival material-including a mammoth trove of private papers, documents of the CIA-funded Congress for Cultural Freedom and colonial records of his years in jail-the book delves deep into the life of the nonconformist poet-novelist. Mukul reveals Agyeya's revolutionary life and bomb-making skills, his CIA connection, a secret lover, his intense relationship with a first cousin, the trajectory of his political positions, from following M.N. Roy to exploring issues dear to the Hindu right, and much more. Along the way, we get a rare peek into the factionalism and pettiness of the Hindi literary world of the twentieth century, and the wondrous and grand debates which characterized that milieu. Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover features a formidable cast of characters: from writers like Premchand, Phanishwarnath Renu, Raja Rao, Mulk Raj Anand and Josephine Miles to Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, revolutionary Chandra Shekhar Azad and actor Balraj Sahni. And its landscapes stretch from British jails, an intellectually robust Allahabad and modern-day Delhi to monasteries in Europe, the homes of Agyeya's friends in the Himalayas and universities in the US. This book is a magnificent examination of Agyeya's civilizational enterprise. Ambitious and scholarly, Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover is also an unputdownable, whirlwind of a read.

Author: Prashant Pole
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN: 9355213085
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 156

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The future of every character, every person during those 15 days was different...very different...! in thinking, in working style, in behaviour, and in everything...! Those fifteen days taught us alot... We saw Nehru ready to unfurl the Union Jack in India at the behest of Mountbatten. On the same day and at the same time when Gandhiji was telling the refugees in Lahore, if Lahore is falling to death, you should face death with a smile, the chief of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh—Guruji was giving the mantra of ‘getting inspiration from King Dahir, unite and live with courage’ just 800 miles away from Gandhiji, at Hyderabad (Sindh). At a time when Congress president’s wife Sucheta Kripalani was telling Sindhi women in Karachi that ‘Muslim goons tease you because of your make-up and low-cut blouses’, Mavashi Kelkar of Rashtra Sevika Samiti, was trying to make Hindu women empowered and strong while becoming cultured, at Karachi. While the Hindu workers of the Congress were trying to flee from Punjab and Sindh to India, the RSS Swayamsevaks were risking their lives to protect the Hindus and Sikhs and bring them safely to India. This book describes the happenings in 15 days, before India got the Independence, in an interesting manner.

Author: R Kannan
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 8184753136
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 491

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AN ILLUMINATING ACCOUNT OF THE DMK AND ITS CHARISMATIC FOUNDER In 1967, C.N. Annadurai became the chief minister of Madras state, when his party, the DMK, swept to power for the first time. In this definitive biography, R. Kannan traces the growth of Annadurai—from a young protégé of the radical thinker Periyar E.V. Ramasamy into a revered leader known as Anna, or elder brother. Kannan draws on Anna’s considerable body of writing, and the memoirs of other leaders and authors in Tamil, to candidly examine Anna’s complex relationship with Periyar and his disillusionment with the corruption he witnessed when in power. Featuring luminaries like Rajagopalachari and Kamaraj, K. Karunanidhi and MGR, among many others, Anna offers a warm and rounded portrait of a man who showed the way for the democratic expression of regional aspirations within a united India.